Many plants need to be pollinated to produce fruits or seeds to make more plants. But if pollinators are scarce in your area ...

If pollen from a hot pepper fertilizes the flower of a sweet pepper, all the hot pepper genes from the father plant go into the embryo in the seed. The genes from the male parent do not play a part in ...

Syngenta Biotechnology China-led research, with partners in the U.S., France, the UK, Chile, the Netherlands, Argentina, and ...

These container-garden flowers and plants are popular with a wide range of bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other ...

Connecticut's waters are being taken over by the invasive hydrilla plant, and both the ecosystem and economy are suffering. In an effort to prevent further spread, lawmakers are looking to build ...

Researchers have discovered that plants compete for the best position to be pollinated. A study published in The American Naturalist reveals that plants are not merely passive participants in ...

While it is certainly possible for cross-pollination to take place between these plants, it does not affect the type of fruit a plant produces. The type of fruit a plant produces depends entirely ...

Buzz pollination—a process in which bees extract pollen by vibrating flowers—occurs in more than 20,000 plant species. Among the most specialized examples are the wildflowers of the ...

Plant-based diets have soared in popularity as people look for ways to improve their health, reduce their carbon footprint, and consume less (or no) animal products. But while following plant ...